Mr Lucas was among thousands desperate to leave the island before another storm, Hurricane Jose, hit.

Fortunately, the eye of the hurricane managed to pass north of St. Martin on Saturday, though a tropical storm warning was still in effect.

Martyn Lucas performing in 2012

Despite initial fears that people from smaller nations would get left behind, Mr Martin and his girlfriend were rescued by the Americans over the weekend.

He told BBC Radio Cornwall: “When the hurricane approached we took shelter in a hotel. I can’t even describe how it felt, we had the direct eye of one of the biggest hurricanes in history.

“The entire area was flattened like a nuclear bomb. We were living for five days with no water, no electricity, no toilets, no power, no light and no food.”

Mr Lucas spoke about how chaos ensued on the island as panic set in.

He added: “There was violence, people were running around with machetes. Everything imaginable was going on all around us so I tried to form a structure, and get the people of the hotel organised, to keep calm.

St Martin on September 7, 2017, after the passage of Hurricane Irma (Image: LIONEL CHAMOISEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

“I was standing on top of tables and shouting to everybody and I said 'Ok, this is what is happening… this is what we are doing… I’m phoning this person and this person'.

“We were rescued by the American army on a proper military aircraft. What was happening, I described it like Dunkirk, because we were all on the beaches, on the airport, the storm was coming, and the clouds were turning black.

“So we were trying to get on the planes, nations were against nations because of politics.

“We were airlifted out, we got away, and now we are here [in Puerto Rico]. Unfortunately we've lost all our stuff, due to that crazy evacuation situation that we were in.”